Job Description - Engineer (Band 3) – Track Projects (047510)
Engineer (Band 3) – Track Projects 047510
Organisation
Organisation
- TFL ENGINEERING
Job
Job
- General
Position Type - Full Time
Job Title: Band 3 Engineer – Track Projects
Salary: Circa £56,000 depending on experience
Location: Stratford / Various TfL Locations
Contract: TfL - Permanent
UK Skilled Worker Visa Sponsorship available, although Candidates are responsible for their own application fees.
Transport for London (TfL) Engineers are always looking forward. Join us in our Transport Systems Engineering teams and, as well as maintaining legacy assets, you’ll deliver new systems and solutions. There’s more to it than tubes, roads, buildings, and bridges. This is about connecting communities and creating opportunities, so we’re ready for the 21st century and beyond.
Day-to-day, you will be part of the Track Engineering Team delivering work packages and technical solutions that go towards ensuring a safe and reliable experience for our customers. Using previous experience of delivering track engineering for a renewal’s organisation, you’ll ensure assets are safe, working and compliant; develop your own solutions; and be a trusted source of engineering advice for everyone, including our Heads of Engineering Delivery.
You will need to communicate and interface with key stakeholders including Project Managers, Project Engineers, Delivery teams, and maintainers.
*Although the role will nominally be working days, there may also be a requirement for ad-hoc, unsocial hours.
Essential Skills, Knowledge, and Experience
Skills
* Ability to communicate, motivate and influence effectively, both orally and in writing, with people at all levels across the organisation and outside, including negotiating and successfully facilitating joint decision-making
* Able to apply and explain engineering principles to resolve issues, progress developments and deal with technical documentation and approvals
* Ability to manage stakeholder expectations and deliver service to meet these expectations, managing conflicting priorities to achieve tight deadlines
* Proven ability to coordinate engineering activities to deliver assured engineering solutions
Knowledge
* Engineering degree or demonstration of suitable equivalent experience or chartered status with a suitable engineering body
* Experience in Track Renewals ideally in both ballasted and concrete trackforms, plain line and Points & Crossings (P&C)
* Understanding of interfaces within the Permanent Way, and with other asset areas.
* Appreciation of the wider railway industry
Experience
* Experience of providing professional engineering services to significant value programmes/projects for a large, high risk/complexity, safety focused and regulated organisation(s), where there are multiple complex interfaces and delivering to time budget and quality. Working with a variety of stakeholders dealing with standards and the introduction of new components and materials and developing suitable relationships within that framework
* Experience in thinking strategically and identifying systems and processes required to meet immediate and longer term aims
* Implementing a high level of innovation in technical issues, problem solving and the culture of the team, leading by example
* Being familiar with, and compliant with, relevant Health & Safety regulations and promoting a culture of awareness within the team
Application Process
Please apply using your CV and a maximum two-page Cover Letter.
We recommend that you consider the motivations, skills, knowledge, and experience required for this role and ensure your CV and cover letter outlines where you meet these criteria..PDF format preferred and do not include any photographs or images.
The closing date for applications is 25/05/2025 @ 23:59
Please note we may close the advert early if we receive a high volume of applicants.
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. We want to represent the city we serve, which will help us become a more innovative and efficient organisation. Our goal is to make our recruitment as inclusive as possible.
We are a disability confident employer who guarantee an interview to any disabled candidate who meets all of the essential criteria. We also use anonymising software that removes identifying information from CVs and cover letters to make the process fair.
Benefits
In return for your commitment and expertise, you will enjoy excellent benefits and scope to grow. Rewards vary according to the business area but mostly include:
* Final salary pension scheme
* Free travel for you on the TfL network
* A 75% discount on National Rail Season Ticket and interest free loan
* 30 days annual leave plus public and bank holidays
* Tax-efficient cycle-to-work programme
* Retail, health, leisure and travel offers
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